Photo by © UAC In late February 2024, Sergei Chemezov, head of Rostec, indicated that the start of deliveries of the MC-21-310 aircraft would most likely be pushed back to […]
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Tag: MC-21
In April 2025, the certification of the Integrated Modular Avionics (IMA) on the MC-21-310 ‘Iron Bird’ is scheduled to commence
Stand “iron bird” of MC-21 / Photo by © GosNIIAS press service As part of a collaboration with PJSC Yakovlev, the State Research Institute of Aviation Systems (GosNIIAS) has developed […]
Following the commissioning of a new machining centre, Irkutsk Aviation Plant completes machining of the first MC-21 tail cone section
Machining of holes for MC-21 TCS in shop No. 246 of IAZ / Photo © Olga Novikova, Irkutsk Aircraft Builder In the summer of 2024, a longitudinal milling machining centre […]
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MC-21 – digest for december-2024. Year results
Photo by © Mikhail Polyakov, UAC The maiden flights of the partially import-substituted prototype aircraft MC-21, tail number 73055, followed by the fully import-substituted 73057, did not take place. This […]
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Irkutsk has started assembling the fuselage of the twelfth serial MC-21 aircraft
Assembly of the F3 compartment of the MS-21 aircraft / Photo by © Irina Pakhalueva / Irkutsk Aircraft Manufacturer In the last decade of November 2024 at the Irkutsk Aviation […]
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MC-21 – digest for November-2024
Test pilot of the Yakovlev Design Bureau, Honored Test Pilot of Russia Andrei Voropayev and test pilot of the Yakovlev Design Bureau, Hero of Russia Oleg Mutovin demonstrate the cabin […]
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The payback of the MC-21 development depends on the export of the aircraft. Will the production capacity be enough?
MC-21 in American Airlines livery, rendering © Rostec State Corporation / Collage © Russian Aviation The Russian aviation industry is striving to expand its markets; in the next 3-4 years, […]
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About 2 bln rubles will be allocated for the development of the preliminary design of the MC-21-210 aircraft
Photo by © Yakovlev PJSC Press Service It is planned to allocate 1.94 billion rubles from the state budget in 2024-2025 for the development of the preliminary design of the […]
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MC-21 – digest for October-2024
Photo by © Alina Rinchino / Irsity.ru Network Edition The Russian aviation industry is preparing to launch serial production of medium-haul and regional aircraft with maximum substitution of foreign components. […]
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Irkutsk Aviation Plant implements solutions to accelerate the assembly of MC-21 aircrafts
Photo by © Yakovlev PJSC Press Service Active preparation for serial production of MC-21 airplanes continues at the Irkutsk Aviation Plant (IAZ). One of the key steps is the installation […]
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